Andrew Smith wrote: 'Is everyone else's ITV Player down too? Get it sorted!'

Chris O'Callaghan said: 'ITV player, why have you betrayed me?!'

Claire Kitson tweeted: 'ITV Player congratulations on picking the worst time to do maintenance on your website! Would it have killed you to wait 15 minutes?'

An ITV spokesman said: 'Due to unprecedented numbers of users during this game we are currently experiencing some technical problems with our live coverage via ITV Player on PC/Mac.

'We are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible and apologise for any inconvenience caused.'

ITV's first night of World Cup coverage was beset with other problems as protesters hurled rocks at its beach-side studio.

Pundits (from left to right): Lee Dixon, Fabio Cannavaro, Patrick Vieira and Adrian Chiles in the ITV studio as it was attacked

Angry supporters pelted the studio, which was situated next to Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, so hard it smashed sections of the glass frontage

Protesters gathered outside the ITV studio - next to Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro - with banners that read 'Fifa go home'

A gang on Copacabana beach pelted the studio with stones and smashed sections of the glass frontage.

ITV host Adrian Chiles was inside the
studio at the time of the attack, along with several pundits including
ex-Arsenal and England right-back Lee Dixon, former Italy centre-back
Fabio Cannavaro and 1998 World Cup winner Patrick Vieira.